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The LSG captain said they were “20-25 runs short” after making 171 at the Ekana Stadium

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Apr-20252:13

Rapid Fire: How big a concern is Pant’s form?

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) started IPL 2025 with two big totals in away games – even though one resulted in a very slim loss – but when they got to Lucknow for their first home game, they fell “20-25 runs short” after they were put in to bat because they are “still assessing” the conditions at the Ekana Stadium and captain Rishabh Pant said he is “still figuring out a lot of things for the team.”LSG managed 171 for 7 against Punjab Kings (PBKS) and saw the visitors chase that down in just 16.2 overs with eight wickets in hand.”Definitely [our total] wasn’t enough, we were like 20-25 runs short but that’s part and parcel of the game,” Pant said after the game. “It’s our first home game so still assessing the conditions.”LSG went for a track on the slower side, but it came back to bite them after they were asked to bat by PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer. The hosts stuttered to 35 for 3 in the fifth over as Pant fell for a third low score of 2 off five balls to follow a duck and 15 in the first two outings, and finished the first six overs with just 39 on the board, their slowest powerplay of this IPL.”Definitely it’s always going to be tough to get a big total when you lose early wickets, but that’s how the game progresses every day, like you can’t control everything,” Pant said. “Each and every player is trying to take the game forward from there.”When it was time for LSG to defend their below-par total, Pant used three overs of spin – two from Digvesh Rathi and one from Ravi Bishnoi – hoping that the slowness of the track would get him success, but only Rathi got the wicket of Priyansh Arya while Bishnoi was taken apart for 15 runs by Prabhsimran Singh.”The idea was to get a slower wicket because we felt that it was a home game, it’s going to stop a little bit. And I think when you were bowling slow into the wicket, they were still sticking in but we weren’t good enough on the given day. We going to learn from it and move forward.”LSG now have two losses from their first three games but have three more home games out of their next four to get used to the conditions at Ekana.”It’s early in the tournament, can’t say much, still figuring out a lot of things for the team but hopefully it’s going to come nicely for us.”2:11

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After Prabhsimran set the base with a 34-ball 69, Iyer sealed his side’s second straight victory, staying unbeaten on 52 off 30 balls. Nehal Wadhera, who was not out on 43 off 25 at the other end, said “all the credit” went to Iyer for the way he is leading them.”All credit goes to the way he’s captaining us and also the way he is boosting our confidence and the way he was telling me things, like, ‘play your natural game, just go with the flow,’ and I just love playing like that,” Wadhera said.Wadhera came on as an Impact Player, in place of Yuzvendra Chahal after he had bowled out, and said he didn’t even know when he reached he ground that he was going to play and was carrying just the one kit for the day. Wadhera was bought by PBKS after playing for two seasons for Mumbai Indians, and is now under a new captain and a new coach, Ricky Ponting.”He’s one of the best coaches I have ever worked under,” Wadhera said. “I’ve never heard any negative talk ever from his mouth and that’s the best thing about him. He just talks positive and when a coach gives you such positive remarks, that automatically boosts your confidence.”

عزز فريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك، تقدمه بالهدفين الثاني والثالث أمام ديكاداها الصومالي، في إطار منافسات بطولة الكونفدرالية الإفريقية. 

وانطلقت مباراة الزمالك وديكاداها الصومالي، في تمام الساعة السابعة مساء بتوقيت القاهرة على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي، في ذهاب دور الـ32 من بطولة الكونفدرالية.

طالع.. بدلاء الزمالك أمام ديكاداها في الكونفدرالية.. الجزيري يجاور بانزا

وسجل أحمد شريف، لاعب الزمالك، الهدف الأول بعد كرة عرضية وصلته ليضعها بقدمه اليمنى في الشباك بالدقيقة 23.

وفي الدقيقة 34، تمكن البرازيلي خوان بيزيرا من إحراز الهدف الثاني في مرمى ديكاداها من لمسة رائعة، قبل أن يضيف عمرو ناصر ثالث أهداف الزمالك في الدقيقة 36 من الشوط الأول. 

ويطمح فريق الزمالك في استعادة نغمة الانتصارات أمام ديكاداها الصومالي، لا سيما بعد تراجع نتائج الفريق في الفترة الأخيرة في بطولة الدوري المصري.  هدف الزمالك الثاني أمام ديكاداها في الكونفدرالية

هدف الزمالك الثالث أمام ديكاداها في الكونفدرالية

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O Palmeiras entra em campo nesta quarta-feira (5), a partir das 19h30 (horário de Brasília), para encarar o São Paulo, pelo primeiro jogo das quartas de final da Copa do Brasil 2023.

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O jogo será uma oportunidade de revanche do elenco palmeirense que não engoliu até hoje a eliminação para o São Paulo da Copa do Brasil do ano passado.

E mesmo com poucas perdas dentro do time desde então, o Verdão que encara o tricolor hoje será bem diferente daquele que perdeu o primeiro jogo das oitavas, em 2022.

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Danilo, Gustavo Scarpa e Gabriel Veron foram titulares naquela noite e negociados recentemente pelo Verdão, não fazem mais parte do plantel alviverde.

Murilo, Zé Rafael, Marcos Rocha e Rony eram os outros quatro titulares que não estarão entre os onze hoje. O zagueiro fica como opção no banco de reservas, assim como o experiente lateral direito. Zé Rafael e Rony estão fora da partida por lesão.

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Mayke, Luan, Richard Rios, Gabriel Menino, Raphael Veiga, Luís Guilherme (Breno Lopes) e Endrick devem ser as novidades desse novo Verdão que busca um resultado mais favorável neste ano, para decidir a vaga no Allianz Parque, na semana que vem.

Dos titulares do Verdão que jogaram naquela noite no Morumbi, apenas quatro também jogam hoje (Weverton, Gómez, Piquerez e Dudu).

Aquela derrota foi a última do Palmeiras em um clássico paulista até hoje. De lá pra cá, o time de Abel Ferreira jogou dez vezes contra os seus três maiores rivais e não perdeu nenhuma, somando seis vitórias e quatro empates.

A bola rola para São Paulo x Palmeiras a partir das 19h30 (horário de Brasília) desta quarta-feira (5) e o jogo será transmitido apenas pelo Amazon Prime.

Liverpool will be glad to see the back of the summer transfer window, even though they have completed one of the most incredible spending sprees in the history of the Premier League.

The Alexander Isak saga has taken its toll on all involved, but Anfield sporting director Richard Hughes won the tug-of-war in the end, bringing the striker to Liverpool from Newcastle United in a record-breaking £125m deal.

It capped a transfer window of incredible expenditure. Liverpool had already broken the transfer record earlier in the summer through the addition of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for £116m, signing a range of further quality players.

And though a deal for Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi fell through, Slot will feel that his side have enough about them to defend their Premier League title and push for more silverware.

After all, with such staggering firepower, it would take a Herculean effort indeed to knock the Reds from their perch.

Meet Liverpool's new strikers

Some consider Liverpool’s record-breaking signing of Isak to be superfluous. The Anfield side welcomed Hugo Ekitike to the fold for £79m in July, after all.

It was important that Liverpool landed new goalscorers this summer, having months ago decided to cash in on Darwin Nunez, who was plagued by inconsistency across his three years at the club and actually regressed when Slot replaced Klopp last year.

In Ekitike, Liverpool have a top talent who has bagged three goals from his opening four matches under Slot’s wing. Isak needs no introduction. The former Newcastle talisman scored 27 goals last season and is widely regarded to be among the most dangerous strikers in Europe.

And he now plays in Red. Mohamed Salah practically dragged Liverpool to the title last season, so staggering was his prolific contribution, but now there is a more even spread of top-level ability across the frontline, and Isak has what it takes to become the new talisman.

However, there’s one man who often gets overlooked in such conversations, but is actually demonstrating qualities that could see him emerge as Liverpool’s new version of Salah as the Egyptian enters the twilight of his career on Merseyside.

Liverpool's new Mohamed Salah

Salah’s journey since joining from Roma for £34m in 2017 has been something of a lightning-in-a-bottle success story. He broke the record for goals scored in a 38-game Premier League season in his first term under Jurgen Klopp’s management, and then went on to win the Premier League and the Champions League.

Liverpool’s all-time top scorer in the Premier League, Salah scored 34 goals and supplied 23 assists across all competitions last season, and though he’s posted a goal and an assist from his opening three league fixtures of the term, he would be forgiven for easing his output with the likes of Isak and Ekitike now in the mix.

However, might we as a fanbase be too quick to forget about Cody Gakpo? The versatile Dutchman joined from PSV Eindhoven for an initial £35m after his success at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and he has made incremental progress since, scoring 42 goals and providing 19 assists across 132 matches.

Klopp recognised Gakpo’s dynamism as a thing to utilise across a range of berths, but Slot has fine-tuned his countryman’s role, restricting him to more of a left-sided deployment.

This bore dividends last season, with Gakpo instrumental in winning the Premier League, posting 18 goals and seven assists across all competitions.

The £120k-per-week forward might not ever reach the same prolific heights as a peerless superstar like Salah, but he’s been praised in the past for his “special skill set” by Klopp’s former assistant manager Pep Lijnders, so lethal in the final third yet deceptively athletic and creative too.

All-time PL Top Scorers

Player

Apps

Goals

Alan Shearer

441

260

Harry Kane

320

213

Wayne Rooney

491

208

Mohamed Salah

304

187

Andy Cole

414

187

Stats via Premier League

Salah, of course, is one of the finest goalscorers in Premier League history, and the definitive poster boy of the club’s success over the past ten years. Gakpo may not achieve such heights, but he’s showing himself to have the capacity to emulate the superstar in regard to distribution of output.

And having already set up two goals in the Premier League this term, might the 26-year-old be heading toward a more balanced take on the offensive game, something Salah has performed with aplomb over his many years at Liverpool?

Of course, striking on goal and making the net bulge has long been Gakpo’s bread and butter.

In fact, data-driven platform FBref have crunched the numbers and revealed that Gakpo ranked among the top 5% of attacking midfielders and wingers in the Premier League last season for goals scored per 90, underscoring his natural-born sharpness in the box.

That marks another reason why the goalscoring wideman could prove to be the perfect Salah replacement, for if he maintains his current rate, then he will achieve a prolonged run of prolific form in the English top flight, having rarely been fielded as a centre-forward.

Gakpo’s performances for Liverpool in the Champions League last season actually led FBref to list him as one of Salah’s most statistically similar players.

As the Slot machine went from strength to strength across the course of the 2024/25 campaign, so too did Gakpo cement himself as one of Liverpool’s most important players.

Pundit Peter Crouch remarked that the Netherlands star had “gone up a level” under his compatriot’s tactical guidance, and his start to the new season gives the impression that Gakpo’s finest form is still ahead of him, and that when the fateful day of Salah’s departure from Liverpool comes, Slot will find the perfect in-house replacement already playing on the opposite flank.

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أعلن الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم هوية الحكم الذي سيتولى مسؤولية إدارة مباراة فريقي ريال مدريد وخيتافي، مساء الأحد، وذلك ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري الإسباني.

ويستضيف ملعب “كوليسيوم ألفونسو بيريز” مباراة ريال مدريد وخيتافي، في خضم منافسات الجولة التاسعة من الدوري الإسباني، موسم 2025/26.

ويحتل ريال مدريد المركز الثاني في جدول الدوري الإسباني برصيد 21 نقطة، بفارق نقطة عن برشلونة الذي تصدر بشكل مؤقت عقب فوزه القاتل في الجولة نفسها على جيرونا هدفين لهدف.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ألونسو يوضح موقف مبابي من المشاركة أمام خيتافي في الدوري الاسباني

في حين أن خيتافي لديه 11 نقطة ويحتل المركز الثاني عشر في جدول الدوري الإسباني، في الوقت الحالي.

وحسبما نُشر عبر الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم، فإن الحكم خوسيه لويس مونويرا مونتيرو سيتولى إدارة مباراة ريال مدريد وخيتافي، مساء الأحد، في خضم لقاءات الليجا.

في حين أن حكم تقنية الفيديو في المباراة المذكورة بين ريال مدريد وخيتافي، سيكون بابلو جونزاليس، حسبما أعلن الاتحاد الإسباني في البيان نفسه.

The match will be played on a red-soil pitch, which has plenty of grass cover

Abhimanyu Bose31-Mar-20252:09

How do PBKS contain red-hot Pooran?

Big pictureSunrisers Hyderabad racked up 286 for 6 in their first game of IPL 2025. All eyes were on them when they came up against Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) inexperienced bowling attack, with 300 being the buzzword. But a death-bowling clinic before the death overs from LSG stopped them in their tracks. Punjab Kings (PBKS), in their first game of the season, posted 243 for 5 – the second-highest total of this year. Now they, too, are up against LSG.LSG allrounder Shardul Thakur has made repeated calls for pitches that aid bowlers, and he will be happy to play at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, arguably the most bowler-friendly venue in the IPL. However, being at home is not necessarily a good thing for LSG, as they have a fifty-fifty record there. The in-form Nicholas Pooran, despite three seasons with the franchise, does not enjoy playing at this ground, averaging less than 25 and managing a high score of 42 in 14 matches.Related

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New loyaltiesIn his three years with the franchise, Marcus Stoinis was LSG’s third-highest run-scorer. But on Tuesday, he will turn out against his old team, hoping to quickly gain form for his new franchise PBKS, who shelled INR 11 crore for him at the auction.Fast bowler Yash Thakur is another ex-LSG player in PBKS’ ranks. But it is unlikely that he will get to play on Tuesday.2:26

Cricinformed: What has made Pooran such a T20 force since 2024?

Team news and likely XIIsWith PBKS’ batting line-up stacked with right-handers, LSG could be tempted to bring in one of their left-arm spinners in Shahbaz Ahmed or M Siddharth in place of Abdul Samad. LSG could also consider swapping Aiden Markram to give his compatriot Matthew Breetzke a chance at the top of the order, but Breetzke’s form has also been indifferent, with no half-century in his last ten T20 innings.Lucknow Super Giants (probable): 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Nicholas Pooran, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), 5 Ayush Badoni, 6 David Miller, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Prince Yadav, 11 Avesh Khan, 12 Digvesh RathiWith the Ekana Cricket Stadium generally favouring spinners, PBKS could think of an additional slower bowler in Harpreet Brar to support Yuzvendra Chahal and Glenn Maxwell. This could mean that Vijaykumar Vyshak, who put on an excellent display of death bowling after coming on as an Impact Player against Gujarat Titans (GT), will have to make room.Punjab Kings (probable): 1 Priyansh Arya, 2 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Azmatullah Omarzai, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Shashank Singh, 8 Suryansh Shedge, 9 Marco Jansen, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal, 12 Vijaykumar Vyshak/Harpreet BrarBig questionVyshak’s death bowling ensured GT didn’t chase down 244 against PBKS. But he is the only player who can make way for an extra spin option. Will PBKS stick with the seamer who kept GT’s left-hand batters quiet with his wide yorkers, especially with the prospect of having to bowl to Nicholas Pooran and Rishabh Pant, or will they go with what conditions dictate?In the spotlight: Rishabh Pant and Glenn MaxwellAfter becoming the most expensive player in IPL history, Rishabh Pant has had a challenging start to his LSG stint. A six-ball duck in his first match followed by a run-a-ball 15 has seen him come under the scanner. Things are unlikely to get easier for him in Lucknow, where the conditions tend to favour the bowlers.Glenn Maxwell’s third stint with PBKS did not get off to the best of starts, as he was out for a golden duck against GT. But he has a good record against Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, and will be looking to make the most of the favourable match-ups.Rishabh Pant hasn’t have a great start with Lucknow Super Giants•BCCI

Pitch and conditionsThe match will be played on a red-soil pitch, which is expected to have a lot of grass covering to keep the seamers interested. The average first-innings score here in T20s since 2023 is 169, so this is not going to be a run-fest.Stats and triviaSince the start of 2004, Pooran is the only batter in T20s to score over 500 runs at No. 3 with an average of 45-plus and a strike rate of 160-plus. Pooran has also hit the most sixes (200) in T20s in that period. His closest competitor is Heinrich Klaasen with 121. Pooran’s 49 sixes in the IPL during this time are also the most for any batter. David Miller is just 36 runs away from 3000 IPL runs.Next three fixturesLSG will host Mumbai Indians next, before travelling to Kolkata to take on Kolkata Knight Riders. They then return home to face GT.After two away games, PBKS will host Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in Mullanpur in their next two fixtures, before hitting the road again to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad.Quotes”I think that compared to other grounds, there will be a little more help for bowlers at the Ekana. It is a big ground and our bowlers have the skills to make use of that. So I think it will be a high-scoring match, but not as high-scoring as you’d get in Hyderabad.”
“We have to weigh up what we’re going to need the most: whether we’re going to need to try and get a little bit of tail with the older ball or whether we’re going to need to give our world-class spinner a dry ball to make an impact within the last ten overs of the innings.”

Leeds United made a late approach to sign an “unbelievable” midfielder who the 49ers Enterprises know well, but he turned down a move to Elland Road.

Evans defends Leeds' transfer window

Leeds’ managing director, Robbie Evans, has made it clear he was happy with the business that got done during the summer , despite admitting that deadline day was a “bad day at the end of a good window”.

Evans said: “When we set out back in May, we had certain targets as far as key positions, key profiles, you know, estimates of the maximum available spend to get towards. And we checked all those boxes. So we brought in all the key players. Got them done early, all the key additions for Daniel,”

However, it is difficult to ignore the fact that deadline day was a distinct failure, as the Whites failed to get a deal for Fulham’s Harry Wilson over the line, with it being widely reported the Cottagers pulled the plug on the move right at the end of the window.

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Wilson was being targeted to bolster Daniel Farke’s wide options, but it has since emerged that bringing in another central midfielder was on the to-do list in the latter stages of the summer, despite already signing Anton Stach and Sean Longstaff.

According to a report from The Boot Room, Leeds made a late approach to sign Rangers midfielder Nicolas Raskin, a club also owned by the 49ers Enterprises, but he turned down a move to Elland Road, with the 24-year-old keen to fight for his future at Ibrox.

The Whites made initial contact over a deal, but the move did not advance, and they ultimately didn’t manage to bring in another central midfielder, which could be an issue in the coming weeks, given the injury issues Farke is being forced to deal with.

Missing out on "unbelievable" Raskin could be blow for Leeds

The Belgian was left out of the Rangers squad for their recent 0-0 draw against Celtic, amid doubts over his future, which was a blow for Russell Martin, given that the maestro has previously caught the eye against the Gers’ bitter rivals.

Alex McLeish lauded the Rangers star for an “unbelievable” performance against the Hoops last season, and he has impressed considerably from a defensive point of view over the course of the past year.

Statistic

Average per 90

Tackles

4.11 (99th percentile)

Interceptions

1.50 (87th percentile)

Blocks

2.15 (99th percentile)

As such, the five-time Belgium international being uninterested in a move to Leeds is disappointing, especially given Farke’s ongoing injury problems.

It remains to be seen whether Leeds reignite their interest in Raskin, but it could be a relatively costly operation if they do, with the Scottish side thought to be demanding at least £25m.

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É bem verdade que o resultado do Athletico-PR no último fim de semana, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, esteve longe de ser satisfatório ao ser derrotado pelo Fortaleza, por 1 a 0, na Arena Castelão.

Entretanto, além do ponto a ser relevado do uso de equipe mista, pensando na Copa do Brasil, a comissão técnica do Furacão deu um ‘gostinho’ de ascensão ao meia Dudu por ter relacionado o jogador de 17 anos de idade, pela primeira vez, para um duelo da equipe principal.

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Cria do CT do Caju, ele não escondeu a felicidade com o que ele classificou como a ‘realização de um sonho’. Além do agradecimento, ele frisou que seguirpa buscando mostrar o seu melhor futebol para receber cada vez mais oportunidades semelhantes no Athletico:

– É um momento muito especial para mim, é a realização de um sonho. Vejo isso como reconhecimento do meu trabalho e como uma oportunidade de mostrar que estou pronto para ajudar o Athletico. Pois esse é o meu objetivo, ajudar esse clube que tanto fez por mim.

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– Foi uma honra estar com os meus companheiros e comissão. Agradeço ao clube pela confiança e vou continuar trabalhando forte para ir conquistando meu espaço. Como disse, estou aqui para ajudar no que for preciso e mostrar minha gratidãoaoAthletico – completou o jogador que, no último mês de abril, foi titular da Seleção Brasileira no título do Sul-Americano Sub-17, realizado no Equador.

Leeds United youngster Harry Gray has attracted attention from supporters this season with his fantastic performances for the U21 side in recent weeks.

The 16-year-old fired in an impressive hat-trick against Scunthorpe earlier this month, which sparked some fans to call for him to get more game time in the first-team.

It is not as simple as that, according to Daniel Farke, though, as the Whites head coach explained why patience is needed with Archie Gray’s brother.

Why Harry Gray is not being fast tracked into the Leeds XI

Prior to the 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, the German boss backed his own record with young players and claimed that the youngster needs to keep playing matches at U21 level.

Farke said: “I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I gave Harry his debut in the crunch time. If I were to back a manager to be brave enough to play a young player, to know what a young player needs, I’d pick me. Harry needs to train with the first team, experience physicality of the Premier League.

“He needs game time with the U21s to stay in his rhythm and not to lose his striker instinct. He needs time and peace to develop. You will see him once he is prepared for Premier League games.”

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Gray is not the only player who is knocking on the door of the first-team, though, as Connor Douglas is also a U21 star who should be unleashed by the former Norwich City head coach when the time is right.

Why Connor Douglas should get a chance in the first-team

Whilst Gray has caught the eye with his goals, including the hat-trick against Scunthorpe, Douglas provided a reminder of his quality with an assist against Crystal Palace’s U21s on Monday night in a 3-2 defeat for the young Whites.

The 19-year-old star is a right-sided attacker and that position in the first-team is still up for grabs, as Brenden Aaronson, Wilfried Gnonto, and Daniel James have combined for zero goals and zero assists in the Premier League this season.

Brenden Aaronson’s Premier League career

Stats

22/23

25/26

Appearances

36

5

xG

3.86

0.19

Goals

1

0

xA

2.59

0.78

Assists

3

0

Dribbles completed per game

0.9

0.8

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, Aaronson, who has started the last two games on the right flank, has struggled to make a consistent impact in the final third throughout his top-flight career at Elland Road.

These statistics suggest that the USA international is not the long-term answer to the club’s problem in the right wing position, because he has failed to prove himself to be a reliable option at that level. This opens the door for another player to step up.

Douglas, who was hailed as a “joy to watch” by PureFootball writer Trent Gaffney, has delivered two assists in four Premier League 2 matches so far this season, per Transfermarkt, and may be putting his case forward to make an emergence in the first-team.

The 19-year-old talent has scored five goals and provided six assists in 34 games for the U21s, after a return of six goals and three assists in 27 matches for the U18s, per Transfermarkt, which shows that he has consistently chipped in with goal contributions throughout his academy career.

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Posts ByDan Emery Sep 19, 2025

The next step for the teenage sensation is to make his first-team bow. His form at the start of this season should put him in contention to make the step up, alongside Gray, which is why Farke should look to unleash him on the right flank if his other options continue to underperform in front of goal.

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O treinador Diego Aguirre deu explicações após a derrota do Santos para o Fortaleza, por 4 a 0. Com problemas para escolher o onze inicial por conta de desfalques no elenco, o técnico, que improvisou João Lucas em uma posição mais ofensiva do que o habitual, explicou suas ideias para o jogo.

– Tivemos para esse jogo muitos desfalques e precisamos usar jogadores que não são titulares. Buscamos alternativas. Para Marcos Leonardo, usamos Furch, pois é uma situação natural, ele é centroavante. Nosso plano de jogo para hoje era assegurar um pouco, não receber gols e tentar ajustar mudanças para ganhar no segundo tempo. Na primeira parte aconteceu bem, com um jogo controlado. Quando colocamos Patati no lugar de João Lucas mudou tudo e tomamos os gols. Tudo mudou quando sofremos o gol. Tinham muitas suspensões, mas faltavam jogadores importantes – relatou o comandante santista.

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Com todos os gols tomados no segundo tempo da partida, o treinador do Peixe se disse preocupado com a confiança do elenco que tem nas mãos.

– O primeiro tempo foi bom. No nosso planejamento imaginavamos um primeiro tempo como aconteceu. Acho que mudou tudo com o gol. Nós cometemos um erro e o time perdeu confiança e não encontramos os caminhos para empatar o jogo e marcar gols. O Fortaleza jogou melhor e ganhou merecidamente. Obviamente estou preocupado. Nós só tivemos três treinos e agora nós teremos uma semana longa até o jogo em casa – concluiu Diego Aguirre.

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QUESTÃO PSICOLÓGICA DA EQUIPE

Ainda é muito cedo para tirar conclusões. Tem muitos jogos pela frente. Como te falei, estivemos juntos somente em três treinos. Eu acredito que faremos todo o possível, traremos confiança e calma. Não é normal um time como o Santos ter uma sequência tão longa sem vitórias. Temos que voltar a conseguir vitórias e temos jogos muito difíceis pela frente. Temos que recuperar a confiança e posso falar com mais certeza quando passar por três ou quatro jogos mais.

MARCOS LEONARDO

Além dos desfalques dos jogadores importantes, a situação do Marcos Leonardo eu não tenho certeza, mas eu acho que ele vá se juntar nos próximos dias para ajudar o resto do time. É o que eu imagino. Nós precisamos dele e tomara que tenha um acordo entre a diretoria e o jogador, pois para nós é muito importante que ele volte a ajudar o time até o resto do ano.

PRESSÃO

Times grandes, times gigantes como o Santos, que não está acostumado a jogar para não cair, tem uma pressão extra. Sem dúvidas nenhuma, pois está acostumado a jogar lá na parte de cima, mas isso não é uma desculpa. Nós temos que trabalhar muito, prepararmos e ganhar o próximo jogo para ter uma sequência positiva. Obviamente estou preocupado, pois o time até apresentou alguma coisa no primeiro tempo, mas no segundo, assim que tomamos o gol, o time caiu e não reagimos.

PROJETO DO SANTOS

Sempre é difícil jogar aqui. Eles vêm motivados com a classificação na Copa, mas também é verdade que temos que jogar mais. Temos que melhorar mais e muitas outras coisas para podermos competir. Quando cheguei no Santos sabia da dificuldade na tabela, a pressão e tudo isso. Nós assumimos tudo isso pensando que é possível melhorar. Temos uma sequência de jogos que com certeza vai melhorar, mas precisamos de um resultado para que volte a calma e tranquilidade. É uma situação complicada, mas eu, como treinador do grupo, preciso transmitir confiança e trabalho.